two string are the same, but vb.net says they are not. what could be wrong?

[sdren]

i have two string that are the same, but vb.net says they are not. what could be wrong?
here is my except of the codes

Dim Blk As String = ""
Dim MyBlks() As String
some codes here
Dim txtFields() As String
txtLine = myFSR1.ReadLine
txtFields = txtLine.Split(",")
MyBlks = New String() {txtFields(0) , txtFields(2) , txtFields(3) , txtFields(4) }
some codes here
Blk = MyBlks(0)
some codes here
MsgBox Blk
If Blk= "doors1" Then InstallDoors1 Else InstallDoorsOther

the MsgBox displays the value of "doors1", but it does not InstallDoors1.
when i do PrintLine(myFn, Blk & "," & "doors1") it shows like below with a difference of "quotes"
"doors1",doors1

how do solve this difference? Edited by: sdren on Oct 30, 2009 7:35 PM

[t.willey]

You might need to look at how the string class has overridden the ' = ' operator. On a side note, is it supposed to be ' == ' instead? The single ' = ' means you are trying to assign a variable to something. If that doesn't help, then maybe you can look at the string method ' Compare '.

[_gile]

Hi Tim

The '==' is a C# operator.
It seems to me the VB '=' operator is used both to assign or to compare (but I don't know much about VB).

sdren,

Try:
Blk = txtFields(0) Edited by: _gile on Oct 30, 2009 11:03 PM

[Anonymous]

sdren wrote:

> i have two string that are the same, but vb.net says they are not.

Watch for non standard characters that might not show up in the watch
window. I've seen Chr(10) at the beginning of strings causing brief
confusion. If in doubt loop through each and debug.print the asc code.

Terry

[Anonymous]

Tim, there is no '==' in VB.NET.

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You might need to look at how the string class has overridden the ' = '
operator. On a side note, is it supposed to be ' == ' instead? The single
' = ' means you are trying to assign a variable to something. If that
doesn't help, then maybe you can look at the string method ' Compare '.